Wagon-body cover.



D. H. SANDERS.

WAGON BODY COVER. APPum'rmN FILED M211 1011.

1,035,245. Patented Aug. 13. 1912.

tiniT i) STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

DAVID H. SANDERS, F FLIHT, MICHIGAN.

WAGON-BODY COVER. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Application filed April 15, 1911. Serial No. 621,414.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

.hlwing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in wagon body covers.

The object of the present invention isto improve the construction ofwagon body covers, and to provide a simple, etlicient and comparativelyinexpensive cover, designed for use on delivery wagons and adapted topresent a neat and attractive appearance, and capable of protecting thecontents of a wagon from dust, weather and theft.

' A further object of the invention is to provide a wagon cover of thischaracter, adapted to be readily applied to an ordinary wagon body, andcapable of being opened from either side of the same and. of exposingthe entire contents thereof when opened.

Vith these andother objects in View, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimhere to appended; itbeing understood that various changes in the't'orm,proportion, size without departing from the spirit or sacri-,

iicing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagon body providedwith a cover, constructed in accordance with'this invention and showncloser Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the some. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional View on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of one of the cover supporting cross bars.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention, 1 designates a rectangular wagon body,equipped at its front and rear portions with transverse bars 2, suitablysecured between the sides of the wagon body and provided at theircenters with bearing brackets 3, consisting of a lower attaching 7portion or plate and an upper centrally arranged bearing eye 4 for thereception of a bolt 5. The bolts-5 of the frpntand rear brackets arelongitudinally alined and pierce. quadrant-shaped ends 6 and 7 ofapproximately q'uadrant-shapedcover sections 8 and 9, arranged to foldor swing one within the other. The ends 6 and 7 are overlapped and areprovided at the points where they are pierced by thepivot bolts 5 withhearing plates 10, secured to the end portions of the cover by screws,or other suit-- able fastening devices, and have openings, whichregister with the openings of the eyes t of the bearing brackets.

The quadrant-shaped cover sections, which may be constructed of eitherwood or metal, are designed to be light so as to add but comparativelylittle weight to the wagon body, and when closed their lower side edgesrest'upon the upper edges of the sides of the wagon body. The loweredges of the rear end p iions or the cover sections are arranged at theupper edge of the rear end wall or gate of the wafgon body, and thelatter is provided at the ront ends of the cover sections with atransverse partition 11, ex tending across the wagon body and having itsupper edge in flush relation with the upper edges of the side walls andrear end .wall'of the wagon body. The transverse partition cooperateswith the cover sections to form practically a dust and rain tightclosure, so that the contents of thewagon body will be protected fromsun, wind, rain, dust and the like. The cover sections terminate shortof the front end of the wagon body to provide a sufficient space for a.seat 12 and supporting means 13 for the same. The space 14 in advanceof the partition 11 is open and access may be had to the same from, thefront end of the wagon lOOClV."

The quadrant-shaped cover sections form a segmental or semi-cylindricalcover or top for the wagon body and either is adapted to be quicklyopener and when opened exposes the entire contents of the wagon body.lVhen the cover is opened, one of the cover sections lies within theother and is compactly arranged and out of the way.

Any suitable fastening means may beemployed for locking thecoversections in their closed position.

Having thus fully described my invenlion, what I claim as new and desireto seure by Letters Patent, 1s:-

lne comhnmnon 1th a Wagon body havmg sule walls and :1 rear end Wall.and provulml wnh a transverse partltlon arranged mthm the wagon bodyanrl connecting the side walls near the front ends thereof, front andrumvross hare; also connecting ihe side wulle within the hody andlocated at- Yhv uppvr edges of the same across the rear vml \mll am! thetransverse partition, hearing hrm'kcts Form-0d to the said cross bars athe w-mom hereof and having longitudi nully uliuell eyes, anapproximately semi- L \'limlriml cover composed of two quadrantshapedsections seated upon the upper edges of'the side walls of the wagon bodyand provided with overlapped ends arranged upon the upper edges of therear end wall of the wagon body and the said partition, andlongitudinally dined pivots piercing the overlapped ends of the coverand mounted 1n the .eyes of the bearing brackets.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretonffixedmy ture in the presence of two witnesses.

' DAVID H. SANDERS.

Witnesses:

I). 1). Enwcoamn, HomcpB. Booxren.

